I hope so. Should probably test it before Monday morning.
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New Freeview TV Channel: Sommet Sports
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Sunday morning
Capital One Cup review show
Bundesliga preview show
Community Shield preview show
All in a row. I am loving Sommett Sports at the moment
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Can you record from Freeview on to VCR?
(Assume signal would go to the TV and then out to the VCR?)
Sure can, have been doing this with my non-Somnet enabled box for a while now. I'm very behind in terms of technology :-/
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Sunday morning
Capital One Cup review show
Bundesliga preview show
Community Shield preview show
All in a row. I am loving Sommett Sports at the moment
And me !!
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Watched some Budesliga game this morning..and ESPN has spurs and chelsea on now..saturation. The worlds gone mad.
A small town in Europe........looking to bounce straight back up....well that aint going to happen
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It's incredible isn't, a little bit of competition for Sky to compete with and suddenly there is a ton more football on TV, both live and delayed. Fantastic stuff.
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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Welcome to the real world...this is what the rest of the civilized planet has had for ages.....just in little old NZ we are 20 years behind. If you spend any time in Europe or North America(or large parts of Asia as well) you realise that NZ is living in a the social and technical equivalent of the stone age!!!!
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Welcome to the real world...this is what the rest of the civilized planet has had for ages.....just in little old NZ we are 20 years behind. If you spend any time in Europe or North America(or large parts of Asia as well) you realise that NZ is living in a the social and technical equivalent of the stone age!!!!
On the plus side, we have EFTPOS. I'm sure many countries would kill to have a system like our EFTPOS system in place.
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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Watching the Leicester V Leeds game now. Loving this! Never thought I'd see the championship on tv here.
Also never thought I'd be playing round with an aerial again...think have got it sorted now though. Just had a weird cut out every couple of minutes which seems to have stopped after latest aerial adjustment.
Allegedly
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Sunday morning
Capital One Cup review show
Bundesliga preview show
Community Shield preview show
All in a row. I am loving Sommett Sports at the moment
And me !!
True!
Auckland City FC
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Chose to watch sommet for the community shield over espn, even though espn had a better picture I couldn't listen to 90 minutes of that crap espn commentary.
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Welcome to the real world...this is what the rest of the civilized planet has had for ages.....just in little old NZ we are 20 years behind. If you spend any time in Europe or North America(or large parts of Asia as well) you realise that NZ is living in a the social and technical equivalent of the stone age!!!!
Visited India 18 months ago - have 24 hour dedicated football channels plus football on many other sports channels.
Cheap $12 / night hotels I stayed in usually had TV in room with 50 channels (and ensuite bathroom!).
Even watched Auckland City live in World Club Cup in Agra (city of the Taj Mahal).
Big Pete 65, Christchurch
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Second Premier League club channel to be acquired by Sommet to be announced this week according to their Facebook:
We will announce the 2nd EPL Team TV Channel early next week in time for the start of the season. This means that you will get two delayed games of EPL each week.
Big Pete 65, Christchurch
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England v Scotland friendly in honour of 150th anniversary of English FA:
Thursday 6.45 am Sommet Sports, Freeview
Replay: 8pm
Freeview Electronic Program Guide online: http://www.freeviewnz.tv/tv-guide.aspx
Has anyone else discovered this awesome website that streams all of Sky Sports UK's numerous channels (and some other good UK channels) for free? It's the answer to a Kiwi football fan's dreams!!! Streams all the channels direct from the UK! Just fantastic!!!
Leicester v Leeds replay on right now. Just click away the pesky ads:
http://www.coolsport.tv/skysports1.html
Big Pete 65, Christchurch
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So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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Sommet have "A game from the other EPL team" scheduled at 9.30pm on Sunday night. Hopefully they announce that soon.
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So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
I’ll chime in here. I think you have a different problem there Frankie.
Since Freeview is digital, you will have two different scenarios with reception, you will either have perfect picture or no picture at all (one or the other).
It sounds like you are still looking on the old analogue signal, where the channels would sometimes ghost or have snow (this cannot happen on digital, the same as Sky)
What brand and model of TV do you have?
What does it say if you type your address into this website http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx
You say that you are in an apartment; can you see the Mt Kaukau tower?
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Sounds like the Jb HiFi employee set you wrong. How old is your tv?
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Sounds like the Jb HiFi employee set you wrong.
This must be the first time this has ever happened.
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Sounds like the Jb HiFi employee set you wrong. How old is your tv?
It was new in March
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
Did the guy at JB Hi Fi ascertain if you have a Freeview digital receiver built into your TV?
If not, you're wasting your time trying to pick up a signal with any type of aerial and will need to buy a Freeview set-top receiver box (something under $100 at the Warehouse or as low as $40 - $50 with "Buy Now" on Trade Me here: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/SearchResults.aspx?sort_order=&searchString=freeview+receiver&rptpath=124-&type=Search&searchType=9572&generalSearch_keypresses=17&generalSearch_suggested=0
Anything which says "UHF" or "terrestrial" is what you're after - avoid anything saying "satellite"
Then try plugging your rabbits ears into that - if you still don't get a decent picture, ask for a refund on the rabbits ears and you'll have to see if you have an existing UHF aerial on your roof (I was lucky to find a good one already there and just paid a tradesman to connect a cable through the wall to the aerial) - or buy an outdoor aerial (as low as $40 on Trade Me).
The dodgy signal you're picking up with the rabbit ears is probably the old analogue signal which is still being broadcast in Wellington until the end of September - or else an indoor aerial is no good for your location and you'll need an outdoor aerial.
Info on Freeview equipment and coverage in your area here: http://www.freeviewnz.tv/equipment-installation/what-do-i-need.aspx
Big Pete 65, Christchurch
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I am bored with the whole thing, so I threw my rabbit ears off the balcony and bought a box set of Downton Abbey.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
I’ll chime in here. I think you have a different problem there Frankie.
Since Freeview is digital, you will have two different scenarios with reception, you will either have perfect picture or no picture at all (one or the other).
It sounds like you are still looking on the old analogue signal, where the channels would sometimes ghost or have snow (this cannot happen on digital, the same as Sky)
What brand and model of TV do you have?
What does it say if you type your address into this website http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx
You say that you are in an apartment; can you see the Mt Kaukau tower?
Not from my experience. When the signal strength drops the picture does break up (IIRC have had this experience with Prime, Choice, Maori and possibly Sommet) - signal strength for HD broadcasts is always good however.
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So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
I’ll chime in here. I think you have a different problem there Frankie.
Since Freeview is digital, you will have two different scenarios with reception, you will either have perfect picture or no picture at all (one or the other).
It sounds like you are still looking on the old analogue signal, where the channels would sometimes ghost or have snow (this cannot happen on digital, the same as Sky)
What brand and model of TV do you have?
What does it say if you type your address into this website http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx
You say that you are in an apartment; can you see the Mt Kaukau tower?
Not from my experience. When the signal strength drops the picture does break up (IIRC have had this experience with Prime, Choice, Maori and possibly Sommet) - signal strength for HD broadcasts is always good however.
Hmm, you are right in some respect Bullion. There are times that the signal can be interfered with, causing Pixelation (squares) observed on the screen. however the picture is still there(much like rain fade for those who have Sky).
If the picture keeps breaking up all the time, then there is another issue causing the loss of signal.
Normally fixed by using a better antenna (or bigger).
is it only those channels you have issues with? how often are they happening?
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The only person who can successfully pick up a Freeview signal with a pair of rabbit ears is a Voodoo doctor.
Buy an aerial.
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We will announce this weekends EPL games on Thursday, we are sure some of you will be Stoked!
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England v Scotland friendly in honour of 150th anniversary of English FA:
Thursday 6.45 am Sommet Sports, Freeview
Replay: 8pm
I am unreasonably excited about this - The last time they played I was 22. If they continue at this frequency, I will be 50 the next time they play.
Auckland City FC
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So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
I’ll chime in here. I think you have a different problem there Frankie.
Since Freeview is digital, you will have two different scenarios with reception, you will either have perfect picture or no picture at all (one or the other).
It sounds like you are still looking on the old analogue signal, where the channels would sometimes ghost or have snow (this cannot happen on digital, the same as Sky)
What brand and model of TV do you have?
What does it say if you type your address into this website http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx
You say that you are in an apartment; can you see the Mt Kaukau tower?
Not from my experience. When the signal strength drops the picture does break up (IIRC have had this experience with Prime, Choice, Maori and possibly Sommet) - signal strength for HD broadcasts is always good however.
Hmm, you are right in some respect Bullion. There are times that the signal can be interfered with, causing Pixelation (squares) observed on the screen. however the picture is still there(much like rain fade for those who have Sky).
If the picture keeps breaking up all the time, then there is another issue causing the loss of signal.
Normally fixed by using a better antenna (or bigger).
is it only those channels you have issues with? how often are they happening?
Hardly ever happens. More when the weather is poor - probably my antenna getting blown around a little bit.
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Hi everyone,
Got an account finally!
Im a huge Phoenix fan from Christchurch.
Sommit Sports shows up to 6 BUNDESLIGA Games every weekend!
Check 'em out! Unmatched live atmosphere and top quality football of the 2nd biggest sports league in the world!
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The only person who can successfully pick up a Freeview signal with a pair of rabbit ears is a Voodoo doctor.
Buy an aerial.
Plugged aerial into newish (built in FV) telly and it's awesome... I guess the difference was the guy said there's a good chance it won't work (though if it didn't to bring it back and say they gave me the wrong one so I'd get a refund lol) so I had little expectation it would.
E + R + O
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Sommet say they're not on satellite, but are working on it and hope to have some good news soon.
Allegedly
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COYN Where's the Sky thread these days?
http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/wellington-phoenix-discussion/topics/sky-coverage--2
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The only person who can successfully pick up a Freeview signal with a pair of rabbit ears is a Voodoo doctor.
Buy an aerial.
I used to live in Mt Vic. Had rabbits ears aerial in the window and got very clear Freeview signal. Guy in the shop said the signal comes from Mt Kaukau If you can see the big aerial on the hill from your house you will get clear Freeview with rabbits ears. If you live in a hole or in a gulley or behind a hill or in Aro Street then you need an outdoor aerial.
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"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
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Watching sommet sports this morning. Obviously. Anyway, all I could think was why the fuck do they have that massive logo on the top right of the screen ? It's ugly and stupid. I thinks there's a seagull on it but I can't be sure. Why not have something that is actually, you know, transparent so you can watch the game ? It's got to be the worst logo I have ever seen. They must have given the graphical design work to the local primary school. Complete shit.
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